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PC gamers spend 92% of their time on older games, oh and there are apparently 908 million of us now (www.pcgamer.com)
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[โ€“] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

besides the lower bar of entry due to being free, Midias research has shown that the younger generation prefers online multiplayer, and as you grow older, you start to favor single player games more.

[โ€“] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 5 hours ago

My personal hypothesis is that everyone likes online multiplayer initially because it's pretty cool, then you get bored it when you realise playing with angry randos is no fun. It's not that a younger generation prefers online multiplayer, it's that they haven't got sick of it yet!